title: Essential concepts of addiction for general nursing practice.
abstract: Nurses face the challenge of providing care to persons who use, abuse, or become addicted to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in all health care settings-those specific to cure as well as those specific to prevention. The opportunity to address the problem with their clients presents itself to nurses practicing along the full continuum of care. This article addresses basic concepts for general nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: National Nurses Society on Addictions, Department of Psychiatry, Community Health and Adult Primary Care, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009042:Motivation; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D016746:Transcultural Nursing